CrazyCresties

Just what I thought too He is gorgeous, have lots of fun with him :D

Ok I am soooo jealous of where you live right now :p What an amazing sight :D

Gorgeous emery, she is a beautiful girl indeed MG, sorry I totally forgot! pm me the file number of the pic you want

Ah sorry worded that wrong - I'm not saying at all if you leave your dog entire then you are an irresponsible owner I meant that in terms of people who actually care for their pets rather than the numbskulls who just have them as the latest fashion accessory. I have never heard of it frowned upon by vets or discouraged, and there are usually campaigns running to encourage neutering. The UK isn't as relaxed as the rest of Europe when it comes to dog ownership and places you can take them, but it isn't as restrictive as here. I lived in Oslo for a couple of years and was surprised how popular Dachshunds were, they were everywhere in the city

In the UK neutering is very common, so I find the remark "Fogle told Ted it's very rare that a British Citizen brings him a dog to neuter" a bit odd? It's pretty standard for 'responsible' pet owners have their dogs and cats neutered.

Thanks Candice Is it full of off-lead dogs, or is it an on-lead event?

Exactly what I was thinking RFT! I have my hair so short as it's too pathetic if it's longer - I'd love to have thick curly hair

Such an amazing sight I may be going out this weekend to see them if the weather is ok :D Thanks for sharing the pics Love the mums fin and the calf tail in the same shot!

This needs one of these and these Total overkill for my needs, but wow very nice

Happy Birthday Scoota and Dekka Awwww congratulations RS :D

I've only just noticed this Seeing as it is about 10mins drive from me I have to say yes really don't I :D I'm sure I can squeeze a couple of people into my mini as well, if anyone wants to park at mine and get a lift for the rest of the way eta - would def be up for a meet at yours mirawee

Can anyone enlighten me on this :confused: eg, chicken carcasses, spoiled milk, bones. Sure dogs eat those things, but I struggle to believe any breed was developed to consume waste specifically

Very nice Luke, I like

Can anyone enlighten me on this :confused:

Thanks for all the tips guys :D I'll try and be a bit more adventurous and see if I like the results. I'll post a couple in here once I'm done and you can critique away ;) I'll check out Silver Efex too, cheers Helen Huga - how can you say you are bad with colour I love the tone and overall effects you have in your colour shots, it's so distinctively 'you' :D One of the presets I use always really pushes these and I like the results :D

lol, you're not much help then are you hmmm what do I think is missing? I feel they could be crisper and 'cleaner' if that makes sense but perhaps that's more to do with my exposure to start with I do play with the HSL sliders, but actually come to think of it, not so much with B&W. I'll pay attention to that next time, cheers :D

Ok, any B&W conversions I try are pretty much based on Lightroom presets and then tweeked to suit. I feel I need to understand a bit more about proper B&W conversions, especially since LukeW mentioned recently about not using the full tonal range (but thanks for the advice Luke ) So can anyone point me in the direction of a good tutorial or site that will educate me in the art of B&W :D Thank you

Thanks MTD I was pleased with the hoverfly as it was handheld and manual focus! Although he was being very cooperative and hovering in the same spot for a few seconds at a time which helped That is such a pretty pic of the blossom

Awww poor doggies Hope all those with the coughs and snuffles feel better soon

That is a gorgeous shot I wish we had frogs around, I haven't seen a single frog since living in Perth, I guess they are around somewhere but certainly not in my dry sandy garden DA and Tawnydal, some lovely shots there :D No frogs, but all these wee beasties kept me and my camera busy yesterday in the garden :D A Fluffy Jumper The little lizards are out and about now and apparently hungry, as even a dead dry moth was considered edible! (click for larger versions) A pretty shield bug A busy hoverfly.

What a great shot, such a happy photo :D Love the water level one too, what a lucky dog to get to such a gorgeous beach so often

kja - Great capture! What an amazing sight :D I'm hoping to go out to see them at point over the next couple of weekends, they are passing past Perth at the moment annie - lol at the zoomies, that is one determined face dogfan - Cute chook kittikat - Great shot of Pepper :D that is such a 'Winston Churchill' look FM - another 'serious' Frenchie shot Evolving - Congratulations Alera, well deserved as she is so beautiful MTD - Gorgeous shot of the blossom I thought I had to get mine in for the week and took loads of macro shots in the garden yesterday, then realised I got the Cygnet in early last Sunday Oh well I'll add them to the macro thread when I sort them out

Blimey Rusky that's one way to start the day Hope all is ok with her How's that cute pup settling in? I've been pretty slack recently taking Louis to his Reactive Rover classes so had promised myself to make it to the next one which is tomorrow.....that was before I saw the forecast! I'm still going but I'm going to die in the heat I think our pool will get its first use of the season this weekend ;)

2 weasels, or more commonly known as Chinese Cresteds, one with hair and one baldy butt :D

Hi HFB Back home is the UK, we moved over last year with the gang in the my signature, but for various heartbreaking reasons had to re-home 2 cats, a cocker and a grey We made sure they all went to great homes, but unfortunatly the two cats are bullying my friends original cat, so they are going to a new home.